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Nearest Communities to Mud Springs,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Mud Springs, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Mud Springs:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Mud Springs.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.


Although our information shows that the community of Mud Springs is historic,<2> it would have been located within present day Lander County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lander County: Churchill, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Nye & Pershing.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 46 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Mud Springs. Of these communities, 12 are located in counties other than Lander County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<3> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Mud Springs (which is Lander County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Mud Springs

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Lander County   (where Mud Springs resides)
    • County Website:   https://www.landercountynv.org/
    • County Seat for Lander:   Battle Mountain
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mud Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mud Springs.
      • Lander ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
        • Lander was located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander
      • Bullion ‑ Historic
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
        • Bullion was located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bullion
      • Hilltop ‑ Historic
        (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
        • Hilltop was located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
      • Pittsburgh ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
        • Pittsburgh was located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pittsburgh
        • Pittsburgh has also been known as:
        • Pittsburg
      • Gold Quartz
        (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
        • Gold Quartz is also located in Lander County
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      • Mill Gulch ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Mill Gulch was located in Lander County
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      • Tenabo ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
        • Tenabo was located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tenabo
      • Maysville ‑ Historic
        (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
        • Maysville was located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
      • Dean ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
        • Dean was located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dean
      • Middletown ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Middletown was located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
      • Starr ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
        • Starr was located in Lander County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starr
      • Frisbie ‑ Historic
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
        • Frisbie was located in Lander County
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      • Continue List   (22 more) ...
        • Gold Acres ‑ Historic
          (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
          • Gold Acres was located in Lander County
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        • Betty O'Neal ‑ Historic
          (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
          • Betty O'Neal was located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Betty O'Neal
        • Rosny
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
          • Rosny is also located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosny
        • Bailey ‑ Historic
          (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
          • Bailey was located in Lander County
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        • Cortez ‑ Historic
          (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
          • Cortez was located in Lander County
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        • Argenta ‑ Historic
          (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
          • Argenta was located in Lander County
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        • Mosel
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
          • Mosel is also located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosel
        • Battle Mountain
          (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
        • Jenkins ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Jenkins was located in Lander County
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        • Kampos ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
          • Kampos was located in Lander County
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        • Bannock ‑ Historic
          (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Bannock was located in Lander County
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        • Rennox
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
          • Rennox is also located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennox
        • Copper Basin ‑ Historic
          (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
          • Copper Basin was located in Lander County
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        • Buckingham Camp ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Buckingham Camp was located in Lander County
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        • Old Battle Mountain ‑ Historic
          (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
          • Old Battle Mountain was located in Lander County
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        • North Battle Mountain
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
          • North Battle Mountain is also located in Lander County
          • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Battle Mountain
        • Blanco ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Blanco was located in Lander County
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        • Galena ‑ Historic
          (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
          • Galena was located in Lander County
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        • Piute ‑ Historic
          (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
          • Piute was located in Lander County
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        • Dewitt Mill ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Dewitt Mill was located in Lander County
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        • Telluride ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
          • Telluride was located in Lander County
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        • McCoy ‑ Historic
          (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
          • McCoy was located in Lander County
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  • Eureka County
    • County Website:   https://www.eurekacountynv.gov/
    • County Seat for Eureka:   Eureka
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Mud Springs   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Mud Springs.
      • Crescent Valley
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Beowawe
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Buckhorn ‑ Historic
        (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
        • Buckhorn was located in Eureka County
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      • Rixies
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Rixies is located in Eureka County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rixies
      • Shoshone ‑ Historic
        (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
        • Shoshone was located in Eureka County
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        • Shoshone has also been known as:
        • Shoshone Point
      • Dunphy
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
        • Dunphy is located in Eureka County
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      • Cluro ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Cluro was located in Eureka County
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      • Harney ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
        • Harney was located in Eureka County
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      • Thomas Place
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
        • Thomas Place is located in Eureka County
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      • Barth ‑ Historic
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
        • Barth was located in Eureka County
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      • Gerald ‑ Historic
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
        • Gerald was located in Eureka County
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      • Primeaux
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
        • Primeaux is located in Eureka County
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Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mud Springs) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mud Springs, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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